Drunken Republic Cartoons 2012

September 2012

Indonesia
Kompas – September 19, 2012

Legislator: Don’t play favourites (pointing to KPK chief Abraham Samad)

Indonesia
Kompas – September 15, 2012

Man: If you open this Pandora’s Box, who’s going to pop out Mr?

Indonesia
Kompas – September 8, 2012

...Officials shouldn’t have dual loyalties

Muqoddas: Please, set an example Mr!

Man: The king is willing to give up his party, yeah right!

Indonesia
Kompas – September 6, 2012

Man: Now that it’s all over, how come it’s just being abandoned?

Youth & Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng: It’s a National Sports Project isn’t it.

Indonesia
Kompas – September 1, 2012

Puppets: Violence... horizontal clashes!

Man: Disregarding a phenomena that keeps repeating itself... that’s a failed republic

Kid: No it’s not Dad... it’s a prosperous republic postponed!

August 2012

Indonesia
Kompas – August 29, 2012

Bhinneka Tunggal Ika: The national motto, Unity in Diversity

1st Man: The law must be enforced firmly and fairly...

2nd Man: Yeah, give an example

Indonesia
Kompas – August 25, 2012

Carpet reads: Remissions

Man: It’s not favouritism, or is it favouritism, or favouring the rich, or good conduct?

Indonesia
Kompas – August 15, 2012

Man at back of bus: Freedom!

Indonesia
Kompas – August 11, 2012

National Police Chief Gen. Timur Pradopo: Where’s your driver’s license!

Man: In this case you can be sure it not just prit-jigo (when a cop blows a whistle then asks for a bribe)

Indonesia
Kompas – August 8, 2012

Man: Give it a wash first so its clean...

July 2012

Indonesia
Kompas – July 25, 2012

Man: It’s just a parcel... where’s the tempeh?

Official: We are not a tempeh nation

Man: Then what kind of nation are we? A parcel nation...

Indonesia
Kompas – July 21, 2012

Poker machine reads: Election of Regional heads

Man: Jackpot democracy...

Indonesia
Kompas – July 11, 2012

Agrarian rights activists say that the government’s policy of trade liberalisation and implementing an almost zero-tariff policy has led to a flood of imported food into the country and is impoverishing more than 44 million farmers who depend upon the land for their survival.

Indonesia
Kompas – July 7, 2012

The “Lapindo(s) Beauty Spa” as it is jokingly called, referring to the massive Lapindo mud flow disaster in East Java blamed on drilling by a company linked to Golkar Party chairperson and business tycoon Aburizal Bakrie (right), continues to dog his 2014 presidential ambitions with two victims receiving widespread media coverage as they near th

Indonesia
Kompas – July 4, 2012

1st Man: Conflicts in the regions continue to smolder Mr...

2nd Man: Is he even listening?

June 2012

Indonesia
Kompas – June 28, 2012

A public donation campaign ‘Coins for the KPK’ has been launched after the House of Representatives (bottom) – which again topped a list of corrupt institutions according to a survey earlier this month – refused to release Rp225 billion allocated from the state budget for the desperately needed construction of a new Corruption Eradication Commis

Indonesia
Kompas – June 27, 2012

Kid looking at election campaign posters: It’s a pretty lively contest yeah...

Man: That’s the way it is with business...

Indonesia
Kompas – June 23, 2012

Man: Which one’s in reverse... and which one’s in forward... (baggage reads ‘political hostages’)

Indonesia
Kompas – June 20, 2012

As the political parties prepare to do battle in the 2014 general and presidential elections, anti-corruption activists warn that politically related graft cases over the next two years will increase sharply since most campaign funds are raised from illegal sources – corruption, corporate blackmail, milking state-owned companies and money from g

Indonesia
Kompas – June 13, 2012

Speaking in Bogor before setting out for the UN Sustainable Development Conference in Rio de Janeiro, President Yudhoyono appealed to global leaders to move toward a green economy saying Indonesia had adopted an environmentally sustainable model of economic growth where its forests were prized and protected.